Fig. 1: KONE elevator parts
the company’s
research and
development
facilities in
Finland. Since
2010, it has
been tested in
operation at the
world’s tallest
elevator testing
laboratory,
KONE’s Tytyri
facility built
over 300 metres
underground
adjacent to an
active limestone
mine. Properties such as
tensile strength,
bending lifetime
and material
aging are just
some of the qualities that have
been measured.
Urbanization
is a key driver
for the development of cities
and the elevator
industry. More
than half of the
world’s population already
lives in urban
areas, and the
United Nations
Fig. 3: Carbon versus steel rope
estimates that
by 2050 seven
out of every
10 people on
the planet will
be living in
cities. Building
upwards is seen
as the sustainable urban
solution, and
the number of
tall buildings
built around the
globe has increased rapidly
in recent years.
Increasingly,
tall buildings
Fig. 4: Project Manager, Antti Ikonen, holdingare also growing KONE-UltraRope
taller.
Nearly 600 buildings of 200 more such buildings to be
metres or more are current- built in coming years. Addily under construction or
tionally, there are currently
planned to be built over the some 3,000 buildings in the
next few years, according
world that could benefit
to the Council on Tall Buil- from modernization with
dings and Urban Habitat.
KONE UltraRope. n
While there are currently
three buildings in the world
More information:
www.kone.com
that top the 500-metre
mark, there are plans for 20
About Kone
KONE Corporation is a global leader in the elevator and
escalator industry. The company provides industry-leading
elevators, escalators and automatic building doors as well as
innovative solutions for modernization and maintenance.
Fig. 2: Total weight of elevator moving masses – Steel rope versus KONE
UltraRope
In 2012, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 6.3 billion and
approximately 40,000 employees.
No83 August - September 2013
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